Uncle Lai in the Red Chamber

Chapter 269 Fishing
In the east city of the capital, Tian's Trading Company.

Chen Wu pointed to a few items in the palace produced by state-owned companies and asked the shopkeeper: "Water pipes, tires and vanity mirrors, if the quantity is large, are there any discounts?"

"The guest officials don't know that these are produced by the state-owned company, and the entire Great Xia requires a unified price."

"The whole of Daxia? You mean, your shop also exists in the south?"

"That's not true. This is all bought out by the employer from the State-Owned Company. This is the only branch in the whole Great Xia. My boss is the uncle of the current dynasty. The branches of the trading firm are all over the Great Xia Dynasty. You are a reselling business. , I’m afraid I can’t do it!”

Chen Wu shook his head and left the shop rather helplessly. A customer who was wandering around in the shop quickly followed him away.

After chasing him to a deserted place, he lowered his voice and said: "The vanity mirrors and rubber water pipes produced by the State-owned Company are all genuine. They only cost [-]% of the market price. If the quantity is large, we can negotiate."

General Chen Wu doubted: "Is there such a good thing? Didn't the shopkeeper just say that this business was bought out by the uncle Guo's family?"

"Hehe! Chickens don't pee. Everyone has his own way. If the court has official salt, it doesn't prevent private salt outside. What do you think?"

"Does what you have in your hands have the same quality as what you had in the shop just now?"

"Hehe! I said it is a genuine product from the State-Owned Company, don't you believe it?"

"This is not a small business, so I have to be cautious. Can you take me to see the goods?"

"That's natural..."

The two of them left the east city and walked around until they came to a vacant courtyard in the west of the city.

I saw the man knocked on the door in three long and two short ways, and the people inside looked around and led the two into the courtyard.

Went to an inverted house in the backyard and opened up the thatch in the corner of the house, revealing a bright mirror, dark water pipes, tires and other objects.

Chen Wu stepped forward to inspect it carefully, and found that the quality was no different from what he saw in the firm.

Nodding his head, he pondered: "The goods are pretty good, but the quantity I want is large, and yours may not be enough, and you have to transport it to the south for sale, so how to transport it out of the city is troublesome."

The person who brought him in looked at the person who was waiting in the yard and said with a smile: "Don't worry, sir, how can such a big yard only have this little product? Leaving the city is not a problem. We have reached an agreement and will deliver the goods you want." , all shipped to your designated location, with one hand payment and one hand delivery.”

After some haggling, the quantity and price of the purchase were agreed upon, and Chen Wu was sent out of the door.

"Is this person reliable?"

"Don't worry! I heard at Tian's Trading House that he wanted to resell, so I brought him here."

Then he sneered and said: "The boss has a clever plan. He created such a place as a cover, and bought these from the trading house at no expense, just in case. What will happen even if he is investigated."

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State-operated department, in the value room.

Chen Wu, who was about to buy something just now, is now reporting to Lai Shangrong.

"Sir, it is indeed a clever plan. I followed your instructions and pretended to resell glass and rubber, and the fish bit the bait."

After a pause, he added: "Now the humble post in the courtyard in the west of the city has been found out. Do you want to go there..."

He said and made a knife-cut gesture.

Lai Shangrong shook his head and said: "Don't worry, the rubber factory and glass factory of the State-owned Enterprise are outside the city. They can't waste time transporting things back to the city. The house you went to is probably just a cover, even if there is dirt, There’s no way it’s that big of a quantity.”

"Yes! My lord is wise!"

"This matter is not allowed to be leaked. You contact them first, and before taking action, you will recruit trustworthy people in the security department to go with you pretending to be associates. I will also lead the team to observe secretly with clairvoyance."

"Yes!" Chen Wu performed a Daxia military salute and left the duty room.

He was originally a Xiaoqi from Shenji Camp, got along well with Qin Zhong, and was recommended to Lai Shangrong.

Lai Shangrong saw that he was very clever, so he applied to the emperor to dispatch a sergeant from the Shenji Battalion on the grounds that the security department needed training from people who were familiar with military martial arts.

After that, Qin Zhong was asked to discuss with Qiu Yijun, and then the personnel were transferred to the security department.

The reason why he was so determined to catch the thief was that, firstly, these borers had a clear need; secondly, it was also to expand the scale of the Defense Department.

Only when the emperor sees the effectiveness of the security department can he have reason to apply for more manpower.

After all, those who are brought to and from get off work are limited, and they are not qualified to report. Only such big fish can reflect the role of the security department.

The arrest operation was personally directed by Lai Shangrong and implemented by Chen Wu.

After receiving the notice, the security department personnel involved in the operation were gathered in the You family's courtyard.

This place has been vacant for a long time. Lai Shangrong chose this place as a gathering place because it was difficult to gather in government offices or factories for fear of disturbing others.

Chen Wu selected seven or eight members of the security department, pretending to be buddies, and followed him out of the city to the agreed place.

Lai Shangrong took the remaining personnel to a nearby commanding height and observed from a distance with a monocular telescope.

This group of people was quite cautious. Although they drove the carriage, the boxes on the carriage were empty. They did not deliver the goods in person as expected.

Fortunately, Chen Wu had military experience and noticed that it was not difficult for the animals to pull the cart. He also looked at the ruts on the ground and felt that there was a trick in it, so he did not act rashly.

Instead, they pretended not to ask for inspection, and the group led Chen Wu into a farm outside the city.

The arrest was carried out very smoothly. It was done by calculation but not by accident. The number of people had been increased several times.

In addition, these people are not desperadoes, they are just money-obsessed, and they were frightened when they were surrounded.

By working together internally and externally, all the leaders were captured.

Lai Shangrong did not hide the participants who made confessions. He arrested them directly in the factory. This could be regarded as a warning to others who would come after him.

The Security Department has the power to arrest, but it does not have the responsibility to judge. People will eventually be handed over to the Criminal Department for trial.

However, this does not prevent Lai Shangrong from reporting to the emperor.

On the same day, he took the list of arrests and confessions and rushed to the palace to report to the emperor.

Although the overall amount was not small, with nearly 10 taels of silver seized as dirt, in the eyes of the emperor, it was not a large amount.

Shaking the memorial in his hand, he looked at Lai Shangrong and asked: "Although this security department has achieved initial results, it is only tens of thousands of taels of silver. Aiqing also recovered it, which also played a role of intimidation. Why do we need to add more?" Manpower? The annual salary of the security department is probably more than this amount."

Lai Shangrong said righteously: "Reporting to the emperor, I think that the embankment of a thousand miles collapsed in an ant's nest. Whether it is the Eastern Japanese, the Western Yi, the Northern Di, or the Southern Man, as long as our Great Xia monarchs and ministers are of one mind and work together from top to bottom. Even if they unite, they will not It may defeat our Dynasty, but these moths who have filled their pockets can bite off the foundation of my Great Xia Dynasty one bite at a time."

Emperor Zhenglong originally thought that he would discuss matters as they happened, but he did not expect that he would actually speak from a high position and make such remarks.

As the Ninth Five-Year Lord of the Great Xia Dynasty, he naturally strongly agrees with this point of view.

As soon as Long Ben stood up, he said happily: "That's right! What I love you said is very agreeable to my heart. Our Great Xia Dynasty has conquered the world, why should we fear the barbarians? We are afraid that these moths of the country will bite off the foundation of the imperial court. Not only the state affairs department, but also each individual The same is true for Yamen.

The prisoners returned from this exchange will be handed over to you to be incorporated into the security department, so that you can sweep away these national worms for me! "

"Sir, please follow the holy order!"

(End of this chapter)